Level 1 postscript

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Michael Goffioul wrote:

> Peter Robins wrote:
> 
>>Is there a way in KDE of specifying you want level 1 postscript?
>>Output from my KDE (3.1) programs produces flashing lights on the
>>printer but nothing emerges, and I'm pretty sure it's due to the
>>programs producing things the printer doesn't understand. OpenOffice
>>output, where you can specify you want level 1, prints fine, as do
>>various other programs such as enscript.
>>
>>Alternatively, is there a kprinter filter for converting the level 2
>>output from KDE programs to level 1?
> 
> 
> The PS generation is the responsability of the Qt library from
> TrollTech. And AFAIK, there's no possibility to control the
> postscript level generated, sorry. I'm also not aware of any filter
> able to convert between PS levels, but this doesn't mean none
> exist.

There is. It is supported by Foomatic.

Peter,

maybe you ask Till on the "foomatic-devel" mailing list at
http://www.linuxprinting.org/newsportal/ about details.

Cheers,
Kurt